Fallacies

Not having water can give you a headache.

Advil helps relieve headaches.

Advil can replace water.

Slippery Slope:

If you don’t do this homework assignment you wont be prepared for the test. If you don’t prepare for the test, you will fail the test. If you fail the test, you will fail the class. If you fail the class, you parents will kick you out. If your parents kick you out you will be homeless. If your homeless you end up in a ditch

Straw Man:

Parent: “You can not play video games until your room is not cleaned up”

Child: “You don’t love me”

Tu Quoque:

Smoker: You shouldn’t smoke its terrible for your lungs (coughs) (take a hit)

Individual Listening: well if its so terrible why do you still smoke?

Non-sequitur:

Since I am hiring this man today I am giving him pay, since I am paying him that means I am giving him life because without money he cannot buy food and without food he will die.

False Dichotomy:

So did you smoke weed this morning or this afternoon?

Argument from ignorance:

Since the I didn’t see you eat your vegetables, you did not eat them.

Red Herring:

Cute Girl: Hey do you like me?

Boy: (blushes) that movie was soo good!

Fallacies of choice:

Red Herring:

New Employee: So will their be dental in my new plan?

Business: We think dental is very important! Just as we do 401k! If you take this new plan the 401k is included which we know you will really like.

Argument from ignorance:

Since you can’t prove that you can juggle at this second, I have to assume you can’t juggle.

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